"Timothy Murphy" wrote in message
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Can anyone recommend a kit for testing the lead level
in water taken from the public water supply?
Or is there a simple DIY way of measuring this?

There was a scare story about lead where I live
(Dun Laoghaire, south of Dublin) on the news just now.

I see a number of test kits on Amazon,
but am wondering if any experts can recommend a particular kit.

On a related note, our water supply runs through lead pipes between the stop
tap in the road and the stop tap in the rising main. How much lead is likely
to get into the drinking water? Is there any advantage in letting the water
run for a few minutes after it has been standing in the pipe overnight, as
my wife keeps nagging me to do?